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Reproductive Rights Explainers
Abortion bans are deeply unpopular—and anti-abortion extremists know it. That’s why Republican lawmakers, Trump, and their extremist allies may never publicly say that they’re “banning abortion.”
Trump and his anti-abortion extremist allies find ways to roll back access to abortion through federal agency directives, executive orders, defunding, disinformation campaigns, judicial appointments, and other sneaky methods.
Because we’re in this fight for reproductive freedom together, you deserve to know what to expect, and how to take action.
Here are the 6 ways that Trump and his allies could ban abortion nationwide, without passing a single law.
6 Ways Trump Could Quietly Ban Abortion
Extremists have launched a coordinated attack on mifepristone—a safe and effective medication used in 63% of all abortions nationwide.
Banning mifepristone will effectively ban abortion nationwide.
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6 Ways Trump Could Quietly Ban Abortion
Abortion bans have led to devastating harm and preventable deaths . The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) gives us the right to receive life-saving care, including abortion. In 2025 the Trump administration shamefully abandoned that right to care, dropping a critical lawsuit and rolling back critical protections.
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We should not have to wonder whether our doctors are allowed to give us the care we need. Patients and doctors should not have to fear criminal charges for seeking or providing abortion care.
We trust people to make decisions about their own body, life, and future.
6 Ways Trump Could Quietly Ban Abortion
Anti-abortion extremists have threatened to misuse the 1873 Comstock Act to block the mailing of abortion medication and equipment used for reproductive health care. And if doctors don't have the medicine or equipment they need to provide abortion care, that’s a ban.
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6 Ways Trump Could Quietly Ban Abortion
Trump told Time that he'd “let red states monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute those who violate abortion bans"—a radical idea from Project 2025's vision for the Health & Human Services Department. This isn't a dystopian prediction—it's already happening. Trump's HHS Secretary is conspiracy slinger RFK Jr. who supports a national abortion ban and promised to reinstate and expand anti-abortion policies including a probe into mifepristone based on junk science.
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6 Ways Trump Could Quietly Ban Abortion
Trump and Republican lawmakers have created a health care crisis. Their budget bill defunds Planned Parenthood, decimates Medicaid, and ultimately strips health coverage from 15 million people. Because the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits expired at the end of 2025, , more than 22 million people are facing skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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6 Ways Trump Could Quietly Ban Abortion
Weaving anti-abortion rhetoric and falsehoods into federal health policy is part of the Project 2025 playbook because it paves the way for criminalizing abortion, and could also ban stem cell research, assisted reproductive technology like IVF, and common forms of birth control.
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